I'm excited to announce that I will be a Digital Editor with @KQEDnews. I can't wait to see what this new chapter brings and work with some amazing people.
Thanks to @KQED reporter @SpenceWhitney for an insightful report on how Oakland will become the first major school district in the U.S. with 100% EVs and V2G technology: https://t.co/rpJt4Hx2bI
#studenttransportation#EVs
🎙️ ON AIR:
We hear from @KQEDarts's @nananastia, @OGpenn, @alan_chazaro and rapper @its_aft about their favorite albums of 2023 from Bay Area artists you need to have on your playlist.
❓Who was your favorite Bay Area musician in 2023?
📻 Listen: https://t.co/T5zbX3ndIC
'The Boondocks' is headed to Oakland this Sunday for the 7th annual @afrocomiccon celebration. The event will feature a panel with Gary Anthony Williams, who voiced Uncle Ruckus, and 'The Boondocks' screenwriter and producer @TheRodneyBarnes https://t.co/shUySWFAka
Protesters gathered yesterday to demand safe streets during a rally on 4th and King streets in San Francisco, after a driver at the intersection killed a 4-year-old girl last week.
My latest on @KQEDnews: https://t.co/XtfjqtXYC0
last year, I reported the story of several farmworkers who experienced retaliation after reporting unsafe labor conditions at a recognized Sonoma County winery
but now, the group will receive $328,077 from their former employer after a state investigation
https://t.co/HF9ZcFCqPm
Months after a devastating fire all but demolished Oakland’s First African Methodist Episcopal Church, the congregation of some 200 members has found a new temporary home at a community events space in an iconic downtown office building.
https://t.co/xvWHuwkJsO
Some five months after the 165-year-old church all but burned to the ground, the FAME congregation is moving temporarily to a community space in the Uptown Station in downtown Oakland.
Check out my latest @KQEDnews story: https://t.co/NRWM5Jfd12
On Sunday morning, fans of the Oakland High School boys varsity basketball team and Oakland Technical High School's girls varsity basketball teams filled the streets at a downtown parade and rally to celebrate both teams winning state championships.
https://t.co/7OCjvWxDJC
Happy for Sacramento’s feel good season but the vibe of that crowd was disappointing to see in a city that is billed as “the most diverse in the country.” Spoke my piece as someone who has been kicked out of white-majority spaces before: https://t.co/2W4bpovzVU
The First African Methodist Episcopal Church congregation holds Sunday service at Temple Beth Abraham in Oakland, last month. The church community is rebuilding from a massive fire that damaged their own building in late February.
@SpenceWhitney's story: https://t.co/nIGxqmOsLu
Oakland’s First African Methodist Episcopal Church, known as FAME, has been helping out the community since 1858. But after disaster struck in February, it's FAME's turn to be on the receiving end of support.
https://t.co/MSlxx37jjb
Elgin Nelson, Williamena Kwapo and Richard Tzul (‘23) getting ready to host "Afro-Latinx Voices", a panel discussion about the Afro-Latinx diaspora, anti-Black racism within the Latinx community and the lack of Afro-Latinos in newsrooms. Sponsored by @nabjucb & @NAHJ_UCB.